TEHRAN (FNA)- Nabila Massrali, spokeswoman for EU foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini, underlined that the nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) in July 2015 did not include Iran's missile program, and therefore such tests are no violation of the deal.

"Iran's missile tests are not considered as violation of nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and the world powers," Massrali told reporters in Brussels.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan confirmed on Wednesday that his country has tested a missile recently, describing it as part of Iran's defense programs.

"The recent test was in line with our programs and we don’t allow any foreign party to interfere in our defense affairs," General Dehqan told reporters in Tehran today in reaction to the recent UN Security Council meeting on Iran's missile test.

He underscored that the missile test "contradicts neither the nuclear deal (between Iran and the world powers signed in 2015) nor the Resolution 2231".

At the request of the United States, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency session on Tuesday to address claims that Iran conducted a missile test.

The test is said to have occurred on Sunday. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, claimed that a medium-range ballistic missile exploded after traveling 630 miles.

After the UNSC meeting, the Iranian parliamentary, diplomatic, intelligence and military officials in a joint meeting in Tehran on Wednesday condemned foreign interference in the country's defense affairs, stressing that Iran's missile and defense programs are not negotiable.

"Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and America Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi and a number of intelligence ministry officials were present in the meeting (hosted by the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission)," Rapporteur of the Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini told FNA.

"During the meeting, it was concluded that the country's defense and missile industries are not negotiable with anyone and they should advance with all power and capacity and the parliament should support it too," he added.

"It was also declared that no country is allowed to interfere in the country's defense affairs," Naqavi Hosseini said.

Also, on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautioned Washington to avoid escalating tensions over Tehran's missile power, reminding that his country's missile and defense program has not at all been touched by the 2015 nuclear deal with the world powers.

"As all parties present in the negotiations on the nuclear deal know, the missile issue is not a part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)," Zarif said at a joint press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault in Tehran.

Stressing that Iran never asks for permission from anyone to defend itself, he said, "We will never use a weapon against others but to defend ourselves; Iran has never started any war but it bravely defends its dignity against foreign aggression."

"We hope that Iran's defense programs which are out of the sphere of the Resolution 2231 and the nuclear deal will not become a pretext for political games," Zarif said.

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